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A FEW REMARKS ON MR. CAESAR HOWELL'S COURSE.
[From the Norfolk Journal of the 24th.]

"Editor of Norfolk Journal - Sir: The species of men known as busybodies and intermeddlers are just now cackling, like a lot of scared chickens, at a rumor that has just been hatched to the effect that I was about to introduce a resolution into the Council requiring the demolition of the poles, erected in honor of the Democratic candidates. This is not true, and it is not advisable to get scared before one gets hurt. I will state, however, for the sake of the innocently deceived that I did propose to offer a resolution, and discussed the point with engineer Kevill, to this effect: 'That the city engine-houses should be used, or rather abused, by no political party, and as it had been rumored that political flags had been displayed from and stored in the city engine-houses, and that the lines raising and lowering those flags, were held in the engine-houses; that it were well to correct the matter, as some talk had been made about it, and that it was an unheard of thing in any city, and would be looked upon as an outrage upon those tax-paying citizens who pay their share to maintain the Fire Department, who differ radically from the supporters of Seymour and Blair; and besides, taking into consideration the fact that the control of the city has been placed in the hands of men who might, from their position, require the opposition flags to fly from city property, if they were so disposed. It certainly was, to say the least, an ungrateful thing to commit the property and the department to their known political enemies.' This is the substance of the matter, and if any are disposed to differ, they are in a free country, and I hope they may ever enjoy the same privilege. Yours, respectfully, MURDOCK HOWELL. 
"August 22d, 1868."

REMARKS.
Mr. Murdock Howell, sash and blind manufacturer, dealer in lumber, &c., by grace of accident and the iron clad oath a member of the City Council, denies in the card, above printed, that he declared his intention to introduce in the chamber to which he belongs a resolution "requiring the demolition of the poles erected in honor of the Democratic candidates."

What he did say, however, shows him to be possessed of the same intolerant spirit which was displayed by the Brigadier of Pianos, when insisting some time ago that the ironclad policy should be applied to the city government.

It will be observed that the sensitive Howell proceeded, according to his own showing, to censure the firemen of Norfolk upon the rumor that "political flags had been displayed from and stored in the city engine-houses," which, says the patriotic Howell, 'was, to say the least. an ungratetul thing to commit the property and the department to their (the Radicals') known political enemies."

It would have been wise in the proscriptive author of these reflections to have relied on something more solid than "rumor" in arraigning the Fire Department, as will be seen by the following simple statement of facts:

1st. The "Truck" company has no "flag displayed" from its "house." There is one hoisted at a distance of sixty feet from their headquarters, erected on private property.

2d. The "Goodwill" owns the house it occupies and leases the ground upon which a Seymour and Blair staff has been erected. Certainly this is not an "ungrateful thing," as this fine company has been systematically ignored by the city